SOUN Stock Analysis: SoundHound AI | NASDAQ
Software - Application | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 2.910m USD | 12M Return: -42% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 176M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.3%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 4.2 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) is a voice artificial intelligence company that provides conversational AI solutions to businesses across the automotive, TV, IoT, and customer service industries, with operations in the United States, Korea, France, Japan, Germany, and other international markets. Its core offerings include the Houndify platform (APIs and developer tools for building voice assistants), SoundHound Chat AI (a generative AI-powered voice assistant), and SoundHound Smart Answering (an AI-powered voice assistant for customer service). The company also provides a range of supporting technologies such as automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, text-to-speech, edge and cloud connectivity, and the Amelia enterprise AI agent platform, alongside vertical-specific products like Chat AI for Automotive, Dynamic Drive-Thru, Smart Ordering for restaurants, and Voice Commerce.
The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. SoundHound operates as a business-to-business (B2B) application software provider, licensing its voice AI technology and platforms to enterprise customers rather than relying primarily on direct consumer monetization, which positions it within the broader conversational AI segment of the information technology sector.
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| Net Income: -169.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.17 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.33 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 117.1% < 20% (prev 229.9%; Δ -112.8% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA -0.16 > 3% & CFO -105.3m > Net Income -169.0m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 3.94 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (338.5m) vs 12m ago -18.28% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 37.96% > 18% (prev 44.09%; Δ -6.14% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 29.86% > 50% (prev 17.40%; Δ 12.46% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -323.6 > 6 (EBIT TTM -163.7m / Interest Expense TTM 506k) |
| A: 0.33 (Total Current Assets 288.8m - Total Current Liabilities 73.3m) / Total Assets 645.0m |
| B: -1.52 (Retained Earnings -982.1m / Total Assets 645.0m) |
| C: -0.27 (EBIT TTM -163.7m / Avg Total Assets 616.2m) |
| D: 2.52 (Book Value of Equity 460.7m / Total Liabilities 182.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = -1.91 = D |
| DSRI: 0.84 (Receivables 62.8m/41.6m, Revenue 184.0m/102.2m) |
| GMI: 1.16 (GM 44.09% / 37.96%) |
| AQI: 1.10 (AQ_t 0.54 / AQ_t-1 0.49) |
| SGI: 1.80 (Revenue 184.0m / 102.2m) |
| TATA: -0.10 (NI -169.0m - CFO -105.3m) / TA 645.0m) |
| Beneish M = -2.39 (Cap -4..+1) = BBB |
As of July 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 6.64 with a total of 23,568,587 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.37%, over one month by -3.77%, over three months by -2.92% and over the past year by -42.01%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 5.90 (which is 11.1% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).
SoundHound AI has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy SOUN.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 14 | 110.8% |
P/E Forward = 227.2727
P/S = 15.8181
P/B = 6.3129
Revenue TTM = 184.0m USD
EBIT TTM = -163.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = -86.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.19m USD (estimated: total debt 6.23m - short term 3.04m)
Short Term Debt = 3.04m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 6.23m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 6.23m already included)
Net Debt = -209.4m USD (calculated: Debt 6.23m - CCE 215.6m)
Enterprise Value = 2.70b USD (2.91b + Debt 6.23m - CCE 215.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -323.6 (Ebit TTM -163.7m / Interest Expense TTM 506k)
EV/FCF = -24.85x (Enterprise Value 2.70b / FCF TTM -108.7m)
FCF Yield = -4.02% (FCF TTM -108.7m / Enterprise Value 2.70b)
FCF Margin = -59.06% (FCF TTM -108.7m / Revenue TTM 184.0m)
Net Margin = -91.84% (Net Income TTM -169.0m / Revenue TTM 184.0m)
Gross Margin = 37.96% ((Revenue TTM 184.0m - Cost of Revenue TTM 114.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 20.15% (prev 47.86%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 4.19 (Enterprise Value 2.70b / Total Assets 645.0m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 8.13% (Interest Expense 506k / Debt 6.23m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -129.4m (EBIT -163.7m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 3.94 (Total Current Assets 288.8m / Total Current Liabilities 73.3m)
Debt / Equity = 0.01 (Debt 6.23m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 460.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.42 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -209.4m / EBITDA -86.7m)
Debt / FCF = 1.93 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt -209.4m / FCF TTM -108.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 420.9m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -27.42% (Net Income -169.0m / Total Assets 645.0m)
RoE = -40.15% (Net Income TTM -169.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 420.9m)
RoCE = -38.62% (EBIT -163.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 420.9m + L.T.Debt 3.19m))
RoIC = -22.88% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -129.4m / Invested Capital 565.5m)
WACC = 15.62% (E(2.91b)/V(2.92b) * Re(15.64%) + D(6.23m)/V(2.92b) * Rd(8.13%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 15.64% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 13.17%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 64.44 | Cagr: 13.52%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -108.7m)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.35 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.34 | Revenue CAGR: 91.12% | SUE: 0.48 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-0.04 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-0.03 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.14 | Chg30d=-161.90% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-5.8% | GrowthRev=+37.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=-0.12 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+12.7% | GrowthRev=+17.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -40% (up=0, down=2)